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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10

Arp,xy Dec o tSptciab.-The last tow Of the season
mn tim uudson River will reach the city tO-lnorrsw when
heavy freight transportation ON the river VIII virtually
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10
TO srCCEED BISHOP SHANIHAM

PM uIADEtriIIA Dec. 0-The Catholic Standard mas re-
ceved "a cable dispatch from Rome ANNOUNCING that the
Pcv Thomn, McGsvsrn rector OF st. Josephs Church.
DanyIle Penn has been appointed 10 tue ECO oi hars-
burg 10 succeed the lato Bishop Shanahan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10
FAILURE OF A GREAT IRON FIRM.

ARMSTRONG BROTHERS co. GO DOWN OWING TO
TIE RISE IN PIG IRON
GLASGOW. Dec 0.-Arnstrong Brothers & Co., the
largest operators In the iron ring have failed owing to
the rise in the price Of pig iron
The iron markets here are excited and thero IS a
great amount Of speculation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10
srARvING SUFFERERS FROM EARTHQUAKE.

EoGALEs, Ariz. Ter, Dec. "a gentleman writing
from the Of the earthquakes At Bavsps says
ehe entire town has been destroyed and persons
killed The earthquakes have been Of daily occurrence
except in intervals Of weeks in which time the
people built temporary shantes Of rsfuss sn the hills
The people Wild with terror and starving The
Provisions and supplies provided by tho State and sn
private sources are exhantSd The stresps opened by
4hecks and the people prevents the use Of this
abundance Of water for raising crops.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10
IpPrsyED FOR EUBEZZLIyG 50. 600.

BosroN Dec o. Alfred J.. Flocken confidential BOOK
keeper for ssccomb, Kehcw & Co.. Oil dealers. was
this morning the charge OF embczzng over
SO 900 from his employers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10

SOLD TO TIE STANDARD OIL COMPANY:
TOLEDO. Ohio Dec 9-The Toledo Oil Company,
which had refinery here for coal OIL sold out to-day 10
thc standard oil Company for 100000 This enas tho
Tsledo competition with tho STANDARD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10

ALMOST KILLED IN DRONhEN bKA"
BgLvIDERE. n. j. Dec. Sex Counchnan 9c.cca DE-
kitchen mlllwrght by trade Is lysg very III a. his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10

LONDON. Dec 9.-John L. Sullivan boxed with Jack
Ashton in the presence Of tho Prince Of Wales to-
night The famous pugilist introduced to the
Prince, who expressed himself delighted with tho
0erformance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10
INSTANTLY KILLED By 4 YR4Iy.

TNNTINTTI hTTTfU ID
NEw-hAvEN, Dec (SpcciaD-Whl' attempting 10
alight from moving train at the depo IA this city to.
night william Lo Iup fell under the wheels and was
kIllnl-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10
IPEysDORF ACQUITTED.

s,oux CRY. iowa. Dec. 0.-rhe Aren'dorf JHry re-
n.r,.a At o'clock this evening verdict OF not guilty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10
NO TROUBLE IN THE CABLE POOL.

LONDON, Dec. Ca lstter In tO-day's Times from n.
wesvsr. managing director Of the Anglo-Amerioan
Telegraph Company, denied that thero any
truth IN story of threatened dissolution OF tho pool
Ing agreement of the Atlantic cable companies ewing 70
trouble with the Western Union Telegraph Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10

FATHER OF THE EMPEROR OF. CHINA DEAD.
suANGnAI Dec. 0.-t 10 reported that Prince Chung,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-10

Both the preddent and general manager OF the West
ern Union Telegraph Company corroborate Mr. wsa-
yers statement denying that there s disagreement
beol
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

later in possession of half the mine, IL lnfclix
past and its doubtful future, equally with bis
friend
Business over, Biggs turned to look at his
partner aYou've aged some since saw you
last, he said. starvation luck, s'pose. I'd
know your eyes, old fellow, If saw them
among ten thousand; but your lips are
parched, and your mouths grimmer than 1t
used to be-" Thatcher smiled to show that he
could still do SO, but did not say, as he might
have said, that self-control suppressed resent
ment, disappointment and occasional hunger
had done something in the way Of correcting
natures obvious mistakes and shutting up
kindly mouth. He only took off his thread
bare coat, rolled up his sleeves, and saying,
"We've got lots of work and some fighting be-
fore u.s." pitched into the affairs of the Blue
Mass company on the instant
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

Vicl. AS more seriou3 lie affected
to be deeply touched, took the paper, folded
it and placed it in his breast. II shall make
q good fool of Don Jose Castro" he said; ''he
will declare it is the governors own sigma
ture, for he was his friend; but have a care,
Garment that you spoil it not by the opening
Of your red lips When he is fooled will
tell him of this marvel-this niece of mine,
and he shall buy her pictures. Eh, little
onep and he gave her the avuncular caress
1 e., a pat Of the hand on either cheek and q
kiss. Miguel envied him, but cupidity out
generated Cupid, and presently the converse
ton tagged, until a convenient recollection
Of Victor's-that himself and comrade were
due at the Posada del Toros at 10 O'Clock
gave them the opportunity to retire.
But not without chance shot from Car
men. "Tell to me-" she said, half to Victor
and half to Miguel, "what has chanced with
Concho? He was ever ready to bring to me
flowers from the mountain and insects and
birds. Thou lnowest how he would sit, oh,
my uncle, and talk to me Of the rare rocks he
had seen, and the bears and the evil spirits,
and now he comes no longer, my Conchol
How is thisl Nothing evil has befallen him,
surelyp and her dropping lids closed half pa
thetically.
Miguels jealousy took fire. aHe is drunk,
senorita, doubtless, and has forgotten not
only thee but, mayhap, his mule and packl It
Is his custom, hal hal"
The red died out Of Garments ripe Hps, and
she shut them together with snap like a
steel purse. The dove had suddenly changed
to a hawk; the child-girl into an antique
virago; the spirit hitherto dimly outlined in
her face, of some shrewish Garcia ancestress,
came to the fore. She darted quick look at
her uncle, and then, with her little hands on
her rigid lips, strobe with two steps up to
Miguel
aPossibly, o Senior Miguel Dominguez
Perez "a profound courtesy here) it is as thou
sayest. Drunkard Concho may be; but
drunk or sober he never turned his back on
his friend-or-the words grated little
here)-his enemy"
Miguel would have replied, but Vic
tor was ready. @Fool," he said, pinch
ing his arm, "'tis an old friend.
And-and-the application IL still to be filed
up. Are you crazyw
But on this point Miguel was not, and with
the revenge of rival added to his other in
stincts, he permitted Victor to lead him away.
On their return to the fonda, they found
Master Manuel too far gone with aguardiente
and a general animosity to the average
Americana to be of any service SO they
worked alone, with pen, ink and paper, in the
stuffy, cigarrito-clouded back room Of the
fonda Itwas midnight, two hours after Con-
cho had started, that Miguel clapped spurs to
hishorse for the village of Tres Pinos, with an
application to Governor Micheltorena for q
grant to tho Rancho Of the Red Rocks com.
fortably bestowed In his pocket
.,us'a ii pssoo,-s1as complicated flour.
..sssuauasa1 W. f2gnoW asan Is as indlvidna,. !.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

XN, S08sSe~~~ - ~
" late discovery. But they
bstter mood than their late
and II appeared from their con-
in an evil moment they had
hGir intsrest in the alleged silver
dSas and Pedro for Q few hundred
Atnmbing TO what they were as
nGbe an active opposition on the
k6dnericanoa The astute reader
wul lpEstand that the accomplished
tho bot inform them Of its value
ith nina, although he was OBJ
- + his secret to Pedro a. a
~ nplios and RECKLESS coadjutor.
y : & no qualms Of conscience in
y his two comrades may be in
nRi1is recent direct and sincere
Concho, and that he would, il
rcd or policy made it expedisnt,
litGats Mr.. Wilss-that gentle
nsver for Q moment doubted.
waited but . little he would
nors-this cock-syel" regretted
1ously.
sid Miguel, firmly.
my Migueli Thou knowest we
ycrhsd the mine ourselves."
ID lot even that labor. Look
Euthsr. Show to me now the
has sver made . real Of . mine
How many, ehi Nonel Not
vns the Mexcan's mine, ehi
Who takes money from the
d Amsricanosi Thou re-
pes, who spent a gold mine
pnsi Who has the lands and
4 Amsricanosi Who has
onssl Amsricanosl Who
ionssf Amsricanosi Who
- never foundi Ameri-
samsi Eorsveri Ahi
pvidsntly took it into
worry and toss these
nnocent e. they were
Pc. For presently to
ctor Garcia, whilom
INTO, who rallied them
I'd thsm the story Of
end the two mining
ht by Concho and
ploded with pro-
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
CHAPTER VII.
WHO PLEAD FOR IT.

HERE can be little
doubt the coroner's
! Jury Of Ere sn o
would have re-
turned a verdict of
death from alco-
holisn," as tho re-
suit Of their inquest
into the cause Of
Concho's death, had
not DR.. G. uild
fought nobly in
support of tho law
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
CHAPTER VIII.
+ COUNSEL FOR IT.

EANWIIILE Ros-
common had wait
ell. Then, in Gar
cia's name, and
backed by him, he
laid his case before
the land commits
sioner, filing the ap-
plication W | t b
forced in d orse-
ments) to Governor
Micheltorena, and
alleging that the
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
PART II.
n THE COURTS.
CHAPTER vi.
/ GRANT WAS GOT FOR IT.

HILE the Blue
Lass company,
with more zeal than
discretion were ac-
lively purs 6
Pedro and Wiles
over the road to
Tres Pinos, Seniors
Miguel and Manuel
W ere comfortably
seated in q fonda at
Monterey, smoking
"a II
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

out understanding their meaning, and some.
how failed to make them even interpret he,
woman's moods, which surely were natures,
too. So she painted everything with this in.
nocent lust Of the eye-fowers, birds, insects,
landscapes and fgures-with joyous fidelity,
but no particular poetry. The birds never
sang to her but one song, the flowers or trees
spake but one language, and her skies never
frightened except in color. She came out
strong on the Catholic saints, and would toa
you up cleanly-shaven Aloysius, sweetly
destitute of expression, or dropsical, lethar.
gic Madonna that you couldn't have told
from an old master, SO bad it was. Her
faculty of faithful reproduction even showed
itself in fanciful lettering, and latterly in the
imitation Of fabrics and signatures. Indeed,
with her eye for beauty Of form, she had al.
ways excelled in penmanship at the convent
an accomplishment which the good sisters
held in great repute.
In person she was petite, with still un.
formed girlish figure, perhaps little too flat
across the back, and with possibly too great
tendency to boyish stride in walking. Her
brow, covered by blue-black hair, was low
and frank and honest; her eyes, a very dark
hazel, were not particularly large, but rather
heavily freighted in their melancholy lids
with sleepless passion; her nose was of that un.
important character which no man remem-
bers; her mouth was small and straight; her
teeth white and regular. The whole expression
Of her face was piquancy that might be sub
dued by tenderness or made malevolent by
anger. At present it was salad in which
the oil ord 'siregar were deftl7' obined.
sTalda, or valia, O., that part Of the skirt Of
Iwomnns robe that breaks upon the ground, and
also applied to the final slope cf a hill from tho
'r,Ja fhct =. = makes upon the level plain.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01


business, from the little capital accumu-
lated through industry and economy, he Law.
ished thousands on this chimera Of his fancy.
He grew grizzled and worn over his self-im-
posed delusion; he no longer jested with hiD
customers, regardless Of quality or station or
Importance he had cliques to mollify, enemies
to placate, friends to reward. The grocery
suffered; through giving food and lodgment
to cloudsof unimpeachable witnesses before the
land commission and the district court, "MrA
Ros," found herself losing money. Even The
bar failed; there was party Of "Blue Mass
employees who drank at the opposite fonda,
and cursed the Roscommon claim over IL
Hquor. The calm, mechanical indiferenoe
with which Roscommon had served his cuD.
TONERS was gone. The towel was no longW
used after its perfunctory fashion; the
counter remained unwiped; the disks Of
countless glasses marked its surface and In
dicated other preoccupation on the part Of
the proprietor. The keen gray eyes Of the
claimant of the aRed Rock Rancho were Il.
ways on the lookout for friend or enemy.
Garcia comes next. That gentlemanH
Unborn talent for historic Misrepresentation
eliminated unpleasantly through a de-
fective memory; q year or two after be
had sworn in hisapplication for the aRancho,s
being engaged in another case, some trifling
Inconsistency was discovered in his state
ments, which had the effect Of throwing the
weight Of evidence to the party who had paid
him most, but was Instantly detected by the
weaker party. Garcia's preeminence as
witness, an expert and general historian be-
gan to decline. He was obliged to be cor
roborated, and this required a. liberal outlay
Of his fee. With the loss Of hiAembergi tuv =
. witness bad habits supervd
frequently drunk, he lost bis ID
his house. ord -Ca1n
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01


90, having faith even as grain of mustard
seed, I doubt not that he would have been
able to remove that mountain of quicksilver
beyond the overlapping Of fraudulent grants.
And, again, Notwithstanding disposed Of
these several scamps-raised up to him
friend But that friend is of sufficient i'm
portance to this veracious history to deserve
paragraph to himself.
The Pylades Of this Orestes was known of
ordinary mortals as Royal Thatcher. His
genealogy, birth and education are, take it,
of little account to this chronicle, which is
only concerned with his friendship for Biggs
and the result thereof. He had known Biggs
a year or two previously; they had shared
each others purses, hunks, cabins, provisions,
and often friends, with that perfect freedom
from obligation which belonged to the pioneer
life The varying tide Of fortune had just
then stranded Thatcher on a desert sand hill
expectations, while to Thatcher's active but
not curious fancy it had apparently lifted his
friends bark over the bar in the Monterey
mountains into an open quicksilver sea. So
that he was considerably surprised on receiv-
ing note from Biggs to this purport,
aDEAR Roy: Run down here and help q
fellow. I've too much of load for one
Maybe We can make q team and pun Blue
Mass out yet. BIGGsEY."
Thatcher, sitting in his scantily furnished
lodgings, doubtful Of his next meal ond in
arrears for rent, heard this Macedonian cry
as st. Paul did. He wrote q promissory and
soothing note to his landlady, but fearing the
"sweet sorrow" of personal parting, let his
collapsed vaiise doyS. .stis'vofJEaJsx
cord, and, hy : % uu aasnofqaeq sq'asqa pessa
! bipA-.-- y -, sm = e = ssA 5g pgy .psg.y xcx
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

scr,sud5ss'us'%r I'D psf1ooJ-slas complicated -four.
'.esuauasa1 w 29nQw ed 4 as indlyjdna'. :
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16

The letter from the Rev. Henry Blanchard
published elsewhere, calling attention to the
bad condition of the High School building,
deserves the attentive consideration of our
citizens. The school committee, we I'M
derstand. have for long time past, been
trying to have this building put in proper
shape, but have never been able to get the
money needed from the city council, so that
they are without fault in this matter. Wise
economy is desirable, but economy which
goes to the extent Of jeopardizing the health
of our school children by shutting them up
in building not ventilated or badly VENT.
lated is not wise, and the tax payers Of Port
land not caly do not want it but will not toll
arof@s
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

james Redpath, the active editor of .ie
North American Review, is verv -
Messrs. Malone and Ridd,oDerger are said
to be the only Senators who never visit the
Democratic side u the Chamber
Emperor William, Count Won Moltke, Gen.
". S. Harvey, u. S. A., and Col L. G. w.
Butler. of st. Louis, are believed to be the
Oldest four military officers In the world.
Between the last two there is a good deal of
rivalry as to precedence. Butler went into
the army before Harvey; that is at West
Point. But Harvey received his commission
before Butler got his.
According to the Boston Traveller, Secre-
tary Whitney recently had the Marine Band
to play at his house and afterward gave them
luncheon. When he invited them to the ta-
BILE he asked their nationalities, and said, 81
have hog and hominy for the Americans,
macarOni for the Italians and Sauerkraut for
the Germans" Then he ordered out terra
pin and champagne for them all.
Hannibal Hamlin's grandfather had sew
enteen children, and he named his four eld-
est sons Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
HannibaPs father was Cyrus, who lad a
twin brother Hannibal. Cyrus named his
son after his twin brother, and Hannibal
named his after Cyrus. The second Cyrus
was the missionary, well known in Turkey.
Hannibal the second had two brothers, Eli
iah and Cyrus, and four sisters, Eliza. Annie.
V.esta and Hannah. He is the only survivor
of the family, and as vigorous, apparently.
as when he ran on the Presidential ticket 1
Lincoln and Hamlin' in 1860.
The executors of the estate of the late
John Sealy, the millionaire banker of Calves
ton, Texas, have just made public the fact
that the deceased left instructions contem-
plating some munifcent gift to the city for
the cause of humanity. In fulflment of this
wish, the widow and brother of the deceased
banker have notified the Board of Aldermen
Of their desire to give $4,000 for the erection
Of public hospital in Galveston, provided
the present Legislature win locate the medi-
cal branch of the State University in Calves.
ton and appropriate funds for its immediate
eerction.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16

and compare the foreheads of those persons
YOU know with such of their characteristics
as you may be acquainted with, and YOU will
find that those noted as being slow and duh
will have very projecting foreheads. On the
other hand, among men uoted for their solid
understanding, powers of concentration and
studious habits you will find perpendicular
forehead rather high and we'll rounded at
the temples. Note man whose forehead is
crossed perpendieularly between the eye
hr0ws with wrinkles of the same length
You may be sure he is an i'll tempered man.
wrinkles, however, of unequal length indi-
cate deep thought. Sensitiveness and geni-
ality is shown by n lew, arched forehead, full
at the temple, and when combined with a
great fullness over the eyes denotes an i'm
proyaDle and idealistic nature. Persons
possessing poetic, ardent and sensitive ma
lures not unfrequently have a blue vein
forming q letter " in an open, smooth and
low forehead. High, narrow, wholly I'M
Wrlnkled foreheads, over which the skin is
lightly drawn, show weakness of will pow
er, and lack of imagination or susceptible
ty, while foreheads not entirely projecting,
but having knotty protuberanees, give vigor
OF mind and harsh, oppressive activity and
perseverance. | have used this philosophy
of the forehead for many years in my prac-
tice, and attribute much of my success to its
understanding. A patients forehead is al
ways visible to the physician, and by study
ing it for moment he can generally get a
good idea of the kind of person he has to
deal with, and can act and recommend a
treatment to conform to the patients "indi-
yiduality"
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16
The Soldiers, M onument.

VIII you kindly inform your readers as to
the provisions of the bill that has just passed
the Legislature submitting to the people of
this city the question of condemning the
Market Hall lot as a site for the Soldiers
monument. If l have been rightly informed
the matters TO be decided are as follows:
1st-The condemnation Of the property.
I'd. The removal by the Mayor Of the Old
Market Hall building aoithin sixty days of
the declaration "a, q vote in favor yot con-
M.-The grading of the lot and laying a
suitable foundation substructure to receive
the monument.
4th.-The extinguishment of any adverse
title 10 the property.
5th.-The perpetual care of the grounds
and monument when completed. s.
l. The answer to the first question is that
by the bill which has passed both Houses
and received the Governors signature, the
city Of Portland is authorized to condemn
the cid town hall lot on condition that at the
coming municipal election majority of the
electors voting on the question vote in favor
of such condemnation.
2. The law does not command the removal
OF the old town hall within sixty days after
the declaration Of the vote in favor of con-
demning the property, but within six months
from that time. The language is: The May.
or shall, within six months after such vote
cause the building to be removed at the ex.
pense of the city
3. AS to the matter Of grading the lot and
laying a suitable foundation the law is silent
Presumably that work will have to be done
by the Monument Association.
f. The law provides that after the lot has
been condemned the Board Of Aldermen
shall hear all claims for damages and adjudi-
cate them. But the claimant il he is aggrieyed
by their decision may appeal to the Supreme
Court.
8. The law provides that "any monument
erected shall forever be under the control of
the CITY," The clear intention of the law is
that the city shall take perpetual care of the
monument and grounds.
The provision of the bill that will encoun-
ter the most criticism is the one that COM
mands the Mayor to remove the hall within
six months from the time the property is
condemned. 1t may happen that the Monu-
ment Association may not be in condition
to begin building until long after that time,
and meanwhile the property will run to
waste, doing neither the city nor the Monu-
ment Association any good. 1t seems to us
that it would have been wiser to let the hall
stand until the Monument Association noti-
fed the city government that it was prepared
to commence work.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16
Known by Their Foreheada.

Il cannot express an opinion on the sub
lect of palmistry or even upon phrenology,"
said well-known surgeon to a reporter of
the New York Mail and Express recently,
Tor have never studied either OF them, but
l DO Know that the forehead has language
OF It's own. BY studying it the character of
me person can be determined almost to a
certainty Take man who has very re-
treating forehead, which is low and shallow,
you VIII ind him deficient in intellect. If
only slightly retreatng, or what appears to
be retreating, from the fullness of the forms
over the eyes, you will find him very suscep-
tible, very imaginative, as well as humorous
and witty. Ride on an elevated train some day
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16

The Lewiston and Bangor postmasters arc
appointed and all the important offices in the
State are now in possession of the Democra-
cy There are good many hungry and thirs-
ty remaining, however. who have not been
filed and probably never will be- The De-
mocracy have been bowling for the offices,
and now that they have got them they will
probably find that they are source of weak
ness rather than of strength.